unto

Meaning

Prep

1. Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
2. To; indicates an indirect object.
3. Down to the last; encompassing even every.

Conj

Up to the time or degree that; until.

Synonyms

to

toward

towards

upon

over

on

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for

until

into

near

till

about

in the direction of

about to

above

at

concerning

direction

high up

in

Hyphenated as

un‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌntʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian antou (“until”)) (cf. Old Frisian und (“up to; till”), Old Frisian til (“till; to”)), Old Saxon untō, untuo (“until”), Old High German unze, unzi, unza (“until”), Old Norse und (“as far as; up to”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 (untē, “until; as long as”).